Master the Kimura: Overcoming Strength with Technique

[@ChrisThomasJA]

Thanks for these details! Great stuff.

[@eclipsewrecker]

“What if he gouges your eyes?”

[@John.Flower.Productions]

It should be noted, that the double wristlock -Kimura- is highly unlikely to work in certain instances. White and/or brown fighters "run out of arm" before applying enough pressure to a black fighter's arm. That might make some of you whine but there are physiological differences and one happens to be that black people have proportionally longer arms than others. {PROOF: Watch any fight card and write down the height/reach of the fighters. Then choose another card and do the same. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.}

[@fabianbecker6266]

Buuuut longer arms make it easier to apply arm locks, no? There is more arm to work with, and thus you have a longer lever to manipulate. The short and stubby arms are sometimes harder to apply the shoulder lock to. Then again, I never noticed a difference in sparring.

[@John.Flower.Productions]

@@fabianbecker6266 Straight arm bars ~ Yes. Double wristlocks ~ No.